Rail-joint.



P. J. PATTERSON.

BAIL JOINT. APPLICATION FILED JULY 24, 1909.

Patehted Aug. 23, 1910.

Av 5 I UNITED STATES PATENT FFTCE.

PEARL J. PATTERSON, 0F EDINA, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ORVILLE D. JONES, OF EDINA, MISSOURI.

RAIL-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented A11 23, 1910.

Application filed July 24, 1999. Serial No. 509,321.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, PEARL J PATTERSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Edina, in the county of Knox and State of Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to joints for railroad rails, and it has for its object to provide a rail joint of simple and improved construction whereby the use of the ordinary fish-plates may be avoided.

A further object of the invention is to construct the meeting ends of adjacent rails in such a manner that they may be securely interlocked to provide what is practically a continuous and unbroken rail.

A further object of the invention is to so construct the improved rail joint that the meeting ends of the rails shall be strongly reinforced, and fitted to resist the pressure of heavy traffic.

\Vith these and other ends in view which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing has been illustrated a simple and preferred form of the invention; it being however understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but that changes alterations and modifications within the scope of the invention may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a side elevation partly in section of the rail ends oomprislng the improved rail joint. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken on the plane indicated by the line 3-3 in Fig. 2.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by like characters of reference.

The abutting rail ends comprising the improved joint have been designated respectively A and B. The web 5 of the rail portion A is thickened or reinforced to produce an abutment 7 beyond which the flange 8 and the vertical web portion 5 is extended a suitable distance, but the rail head a portion of which has been shown at 9 is omitted from the web portion 5. The latter, however, is provided intermediate its terminal end and the abutment 7 with laterally extending project-ions or reinforcements as shown at- 10.

The rail end B is provided with an extended reinforced portion 11 connecting the head 12 with the flange 13. This thickened or reinforced portion is provided with a longitudinal groove or recess let for the reception of the web portion 5 of the rail end A; the side walls of the groove 1% being provided with recesses 15 to receive and accommodate the reinforcements 10 of the web portion 5. The flange 13 of the rail end B is also terminally thickened or reinforced, and the under side of the reinforced portion is recessed as shown at 16 for the reception and accommodation of the flange 8 of the rail section A the side edges of which are overlapped and confined by the depending side edges 16 of the flange 18, said side edges 16 being adapted to be directly supported upon the cross ties of the track, which latter, however, do not appear in the drawings. The web portions of the rail ends are transversely apertured as shown at 17 for the reception of connecting members or fastening members such as bolts of ordinary construction.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawing hereto annexed, the operation and advantages of this invention will be readily understood. The meeting ends of abutting rails may be connected by first placing the rail end A in position and afterward seating the rail end B thereupon, the web portion 5 being seated in the groove 1 1; the reinforcements 10 engaging the recesses 15 will prevent relative longitudinal displacement of the rails, and the bolts or fastening members engaging the apertures 17 will be needed only to prevent vertical displacement in an upward direction of the rail end B.

The construction as will be seen is extremely simple, as well as being thoroughly 100 efficient for the purposes for which it is provided.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is- 1. In a rail joint, a rail end having a Web 105 ond rail end having a terminally reinforced 110 Web portion, and a groove in the underside of the said web portion to receive the headless extended web portion of the first rail end, the side walls of said groove being provided with recesses affording seats for the lateral reinforcements of the headless Web portion of the first rail end; the flange of the second rail end being thickened or reinforced and provided in its underside with a recess between the depending side Walls of which a portion of the flange of the first rail end is seated.

2. A rail joint comprising a rail end having lateral abutments, and a terminally extended flange and headless portion, the latter being provided with a reinforced thickened portion, and a rail end having a terminally reinforced flange and web portion, the same being grooved to aflord seats for the extended flange and for the headless web portion of the first rail end, the side walls of the groove being provided with recesses for the reception of the reinforced thickened portion of the headless web portion of the first rail end; the flange of the second rail end being reinforced and provided in its underside with a recess wherein a portion of the flange of the first rail end is bodily seated, the depending side portions forming the side walls of the reinforced flange being flush with the underside of the flange of the first rail end.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PEARL J. PATTERSON. Witnesses:

C. M. SMITH, I. E. LONG. 

